Lightweight touring - How much can you pack in the bags?
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Lightweight touring - How much can you pack in the bags?
Lightweight touring / bikepacking is great for short tours and when you want to go off road along narrow lanes and across fields and rivers. But how much can you pack into those soft bags without the need for panniers.
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Re: Lightweight touring - How much can you pack in the bags?
A onesie and a cuddly toy? Or is that just me?
Re: Lightweight touring - How much can you pack in the bags?
just as well u dont use panniers as they would have picked up so much mud you would wonder where the extra weight has come from
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Probly ran out of Mr Sheen.
Bill
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Re: Lightweight touring - How much can you pack in the bags?
Hi,
Some one needs to lose weight or limit the stunts.........................saddle stem / other is bent
Some one needs to lose weight or limit the stunts.........................saddle stem / other is bent
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Re: Lightweight touring - How much can you pack in the bags?
NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Hi,
Some one needs to lose weight or limit the stunts.........................saddle stem / other is bent
Really? Which bike?
Re: Lightweight touring - How much can you pack in the bags?
NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Hi,
Some one needs to lose weight or limit the stunts.........................saddle stem / other is bent
The bar is just really curved. It's shown properly on the story page of her link.
Bill
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Vantage wrote:NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Hi,
Some one needs to lose weight or limit the stunts.........................saddle stem / other is bent
The bar is just really curved. It's shown properly on the story page of her link.
I thought saddle stem was another word for seat post. Looking at both bikes right now and I see no bend. Maybe I need Mr Sheen, Vantage?
Re: Lightweight touring - How much can you pack in the bags?
Hmm.......I read it as two separate words, as in saddle is saggy and stem is twisted around. Brookes saddles tend to do that regardless of the riders weight and the bar is actually very curvy which if I hadn't read the story and saw the front facing photo I'd have thought the same.
Some febreeze would make it smell nice too
Some febreeze would make it smell nice too
Bill
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Re: Lightweight touring - How much can you pack in the bags?
Hi,
Hah, its an optical illusion
Hah, its an optical illusion
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Re: Lightweight touring - How much can you pack in the bags?
You are right on two counts, Natural Ankling; someone needs to lose weight (thanks for the reminder) and yes, on closer inspection, it is an optical illusion.
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Hi,
Well......I was joking about the rider
Not my eyes so explain that with digital? camera
Well......I was joking about the rider
Not my eyes so explain that with digital? camera
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Re: Lightweight touring - How much can you pack in the bags?
Hi Natural Ankling,
this is the design of the frame - there is a bend in the seat tube. Have a look at a bike belonging to someone else.
this is the design of the frame - there is a bend in the seat tube. Have a look at a bike belonging to someone else.
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Hi,
Oh well you live and learn.
Someone with technical acumen will explain that.
Probably just fashion.
How do you drop the saddle
My newest bike is a 2001 skip trainer built up with used parts, so what do I know..............
Oh well you live and learn.
Someone with technical acumen will explain that.
Probably just fashion.
How do you drop the saddle
My newest bike is a 2001 skip trainer built up with used parts, so what do I know..............
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Re: Lightweight touring - How much can you pack in the bags?
Apparently, the bend is to help put the rider's weight a bit farther back because of the big wheels and long wheel base and possibly to allow clearance when using fat tyres, though these are the fattest he's got at the moment.
The saddle drops as much as it need to ( not all the way) by opening the quick release seat post clamp.
Me, I take the pictures, write the stories and ride. I know little about such things. Too busy worrying about my weight.
The saddle drops as much as it need to ( not all the way) by opening the quick release seat post clamp.
Me, I take the pictures, write the stories and ride. I know little about such things. Too busy worrying about my weight.